Better not to give in to it.

What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction. The promise that life can go on, no matter how bad our losses. That it can be good again.

District 12: Where you can starve to death in safety.

The star-crossed lovers

Hope, it is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective, a lot of hope is dangerous.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

So it's you and a syringe against the Capitol? See, this is why no one lets you make the plans.

Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.

It takes ten times as long to put yourself back together as it does to fall apart.

I wish I could freeze this moment, right here, right now and live in it forever.

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed.

Nobody really cares if you’re miserable, so you might as well be happy, and make the most of where you are

You’re never going to learn something as profoundly as when it’s purely out of curiosity.

I have been like a mediocre concert pianist playing in front of a tone-deaf family, who applaud out of duty rather than for accomplishment.

Actually, it's nature itself that creates the most beautiful pictures, I'm only choosing the perspective.

To work is simple enough; but to rest, there is the difficulty.

A man can become so accustomed to the thought of his own faults that he will begin to cherish them as charming little 'personal characteristics.'

I'm the guy, I'm kind of like the, uh, Everyman, so I think people just relate to that.

Shirley Valentine is a beautiful character and so well written. What Shirley speaks and thinks is so logical

Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.

And to read the Bible without horror, we must undo everything that is tender, sympathizing and benevolent in the heart of man.